Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005
Latest action · Jun 7, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 26, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to revise the definition of dealer (in animals) to include: (1) sellers of dogs imported from outside the United States; and (2) persons who sell more than 25 dogs or cats or who whelp for sale more than six litters of dogs or cats annually.
Defines "retail pet store" for purposes of the Act as a public retail establishment that sells animals commonly kept as pets in U.S. households (e.g., dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, and hamsters). Excludes from such definition: (1) a person breeding animals to sell to the public as pets; (2) a person selling hunting, security, or breeding dogs; or (3) a person selling wild animals.
Requires dealers and retail pet stores to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with source records relating to the purchase or acquisition of dogs and cats.
Authorizes the Secretary to extend the period for the temporary suspension of a dealer license for a violation of the Act from 21 to 60 days, if the Secretary believes that such violation will continue past the initial 21-day period and will jeopardize the health of any animal.
Authorizes the Secretary to apply directly to a U.S. district court for a temporary restraining order or injunction to address violations of the Act.
Cosponsors 146
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2005 to Sep 6, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | May 26, 2005 |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Jun 30, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 11, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jul 11, 2005 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jul 20, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| R-MI | John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| R-AL | Terry Everett | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Nov 8, 2005 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Nov 8, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Dec 8, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Dec 8, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Dec 8, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| R-IA | James A. Leach | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Dec 15, 2005 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Dec 15, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Dec 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Dec 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Dec 15, 2005 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 18, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Deborah Pryce | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Apr 4, 2006 | |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jun 19, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Sep 6, 2006 |
Withdrew 2 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL Nov 16, 2005·Katherine Harris R-FL Dec 18, 2005
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 26, 2005 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 7, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
- May 26, 2005Introduced in House
- May 26, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1139 | Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005 | Identical bill | Nov 8, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the pet industry.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005
- Popular Titles
- PAWS bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 26, 2005Introduced in House
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